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Database Split

I have been doing a major overhaul one of my Ninox database tables. Sometime during this process the tables has split into 2 parts.

I had a database called "Workflows", containing hundreds of fields.  Normally, when I opened it, there was a single tab named "Database". Sometime recently that tab seems to have split such that when I open this table in Form view, immediately under the search field there are now 2 tabs: one labelled "Workflows" which contains only 2 fields and the original tab, "Database" which still has all the rest of the original fields.

Overall these tables still operate as normal except that if I want to access the 2 "missing" fields I have to click on the "Workflows" tab.

I can't find any way of merging those two fields back into the one table.

Please help.

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    • John_Halls
    • 6 mths ago
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    Hi Ian

    If I understand it correctly "Database" is a tab which was the first item in the Edit fields... section. This has now been moved down two places. When the first item in a table isn't a tab, Ninox includes a tab by default and it is called the same name as the table name.

    Drag that tab back up to the first position and all will be restored.

    Regards John

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      • Ian_Colquhoun
      • 6 mths ago
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       Brilliant!  Thank you so very much.  I both appreciate the prompt response and the accuracy of same.  It took me a few moments to work out exactly what you meant (my stupidity, not your instructions) but it worked exactly as you suggested. 

      Once again, thank you

      Cheers, Ian

    • John_Halls
    • 6 mths ago
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    My Pleasure Ian

    It is, in my view, good practice to add a tab layout field in the first position because it gives you far more control going forward. I always include another tab called 'Hidden' as my last tab and make it hidden when I am not in admin mode. Use the Display field only if... section and put this in it

    isAdminMode()

    Then I put all those fields I don't want to see under this tab. It saves me form having to set them all as hidden individually.

    Regards John

    • Alan_Cooke
    • 6 mths ago
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    It might not be known but fields can be dragged to a TAB and when it changes to red will drop onto/into that TAB when the mouse is released.  This is in 'Wrench' mode of course.

    • John_Halls
    • 6 mths ago
    • Reported - view

    Thanks Alan. I didn’t know that!

    • Mel_Charles
    • 5 mths ago
    • Reported - view

    Alan/John

    In the cloud version this drag and drop to the tab name is not reliable and often the the field etc when then land where - Ninox some 2 years ago addressed this and of course made it worse !! 😄 

    and the other theing the braoke was in eedit mode you could drag a tab and all the fields under that tab would follow the tab to the new position - this no longer works either

    Guess thats progress !

    • John_Halls
    • 5 mths ago
    • Reported - view

    Hi Mel. Thank is a pain, that if you want to re-order the tabs you need to move all the fields as well.

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